Tips, tricks and resources to help you easily learn Irish

This Blog has easy grammar tips, proverbs and useful phrases to help you learn to speak Irish

 
The word 'ceann' in Irish: many uses!

The word 'ceann' means 'head', but it has a few other very useful meanings in Irish too. Here are so...

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Tips for reading in Irish / Roald Dahl i nGaeilge

One of the best ways to learn a language is through reading. Did you know that four of Roald Dahl's ...

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The dialect of Irish in the film An Cailín Ciúin

Have you seen the Oscar nominated film An Cailín Ciúin yet? (The film is called The Quiet Girl in th...

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An tEarrach Thiar / Spring in the west

Listen to the fourth and final verse of the beautiful poem An tEarrach Thiar. This is one of the mos...

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Fear Lasta Lampaí / The Lamp Lighter Man

Fear Lasta Lampaí is a short and simple poem by the Aran Island poet, Máirtín Ó Direáin. The poem ca...

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Fata, Práta, nó Preáta!

As with any language the Irish language is not spoken in the exact same way up and down the country....

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Thuas seal thíos seal / Ups and downs

Talking about moving upwards or downwards is a little more complicated in the Irish language than it...

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Na Blátha Craige / The Rock flowers

A poet goes for a walk and sees some flowers. What does he do?

Well, write a poem of course! 

Whil...

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How to say 'I love you' in Irish

It is said that French is the language of love, but I say that Irish is a close second!

Here are so...

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